Method for assessing water shortage risk, device, computer device and storage medium

ABSTRACT

In the present application, a method for assessing water shortage risk, device, computer device and storage medium are provided, wherein the method for assessing water shortage risk comprises: acquiring a volume of blue water flowing into soil of a to-be-assessed-area within a target time period, and a volume of retention water flowing into and retained in the soil of the to-be-assessed-area within the target time period; and determining a water shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area indicating a degree of water shortage risk of the to-be-assessed-area, according to a ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention water. A higher ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention water indicates poor ability of the soil&#39;s water to meet the demand for use and greater degree of the water shortage risk of the soil.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.201910439661.7, filed on May 24, 2019, the entire contents of which areincorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present application relates to the technical field of waterconservancy, especially relates to a method for assessing water shortagerisk, device, computer device and storage media.

BACKGROUND

Facing the reality of the increasing shortage of water resources in theworld, analyzing and evaluating the water shortage risk in a certainarea is the basic work for rational development, utilization, protectionand management of water resources, and can provide a basis for waterconservancy planning.

The water shortage risk assessment is to analyze the water supply levelof a region, mainly according to the water resources stored in rivers,lakes and underground aquifers and the amount of precipitation in aregion, and the water demand for human activities, such as recycledwater, agricultural water consumption, industrial water consumption, andwater for the third industry and domestic use, for assessment of watershortage risk in this area, and to determine whether there is a watershortage risk in the region by assessing the relationship between theamount of water available to human activities and the water demand byhuman activities.

However, the above method for assessing the water shortage risk has theproblem of incomplete assessment results.

SUMMARY

Based on this, it is necessary to provide a method for assessing watershortage risk, device, computer device and storage media for solving theproblem of incomplete assessment results for the above water shortagerisk assessment method.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides amethod for assessing water shortage risk, comprising:

acquiring a volume of blue water flowing into soil of ato-be-assessed-area within a target time period, and a volume ofretention water flowing into and retained in the soil of theto-be-assessed-area within the target time period; and

determining a water shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-areaindicating a degree of water shortage risk of the to-be-assessed-area,according to a ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides awater shortage risk assessment device, comprising:

an acquisition module, for acquiring a volume of blue water flowing intosoil of a to-be-assessed-area within a target time period, and a volumeof retention water flowing into and retained in the soil of theto-be-assessed-area within the target time period; and

an indicator determination module, for determining a water shortage riskindicator of the to-be-assessed-area indicating a degree of watershortage risk of the to-be-assessed-area, according to a ratio of thevolume of blue water to the volume of retention water.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides acomputer device, comprising memory storing computer programs and aprocessor, wherein, the processor, when executing the computer program,realizes the method for assessing water shortage risk in the firstaspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides acomputer readable storage medium, storing computer program thereon,wherein, the computer program, when executed by the processor, realizesthe method for assessing water shortage risk in the first aspect.

According to the method for assessing water shortage risk, device,computer device and storage medium provided in the above embodiments, awater shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area is determinedaccording to a ratio of the volume of blue water flowing into soil of ato-be-assessed-area to the volume of retention water flowing into andretained in the soil of the to-be-assessed-area, and because the volumeof blue water can indicate the volume of blue water available to soil inthe to-be-assessed-area, the volume of retention water can indicate thetotal volume of water available to soil in the to-be-assessed-area, thusthe ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention watercan indicate the degree of demand of soil for the blue water, thegreater the ratio, the greater the demand the soil has for the volume ofblue water, i.e., the lower the degree the water in the soil meets therequirements for use, the greater the degree of water shortage risk forthe soil. Therefore, in the present application, the demand of the soilfor the volume of blue water is taken into account when the watershortage risk indicator of to-be-assessed-area is determined, so thatthe determined water shortage risk indicator can indicate the extent ofwater shortage risk in the ecological environment, improvingcomprehensiveness in comparison with the method to determine whetherthere is a risk of water shortage in the area merely according to therelationship between the available water amount that can be provided tohuman production activities and the water demand of human activities inan area in related technology.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of a computerdevice provided in an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for assessing water shortage riskprovided in an embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for assessing water shortage riskprovided in another embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for assessing water shortage riskwhich provided in a further embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for assessing water shortage riskwhich provided in a further embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method for assessing water shortage riskwhich provided in a further embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of water flowing into and out of soil inthe to-be-assessed-area in the Heihe River Basin;

FIG. 8(a) is a schematic diagram of water circulation in soil when thesoil type of to-be-assessed-area is farmland;

FIG. 8(b) is a schematic diagram of water circulation in soil when thesoil type of to-be-assessed-area is forest;

FIG. 8(c) is a schematic diagram of the water circulation in the soilwhen the soil type of to-be-assessed-area is grassland;

FIG. 8(d) is a schematic diagram of the water circulation in the soilwhen the soil type of to-be-assessed-area is desert;

FIG. 9(a) is a schematic diagram of distribution of water shortage riskof each to-be-assessed-area in the Heihe River Basin;

FIG. 9(b) is a schematic diagram of the proportions of different soiltypes for different water shortage risk indicators;

FIG. 9(c) is a schematic diagram of a water shortage risk indicatorcorresponding to different soil types;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a water shortage risk assessmentdevice provided by an embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a water shortage risk assessmentdevice provided by another embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a water shortage risk assessmentdevice provided by a further embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a water shortage risk assessmentdevice provided by a further embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In order to make a more clear description of the purpose, technicalsolution and advantages of the present application, the presentapplication will be described in further detail in conjunction withdrawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specificembodiments described herein are only used to explain the presentapplication, rather than impose limitation on the present application.

It should be noted that terms such as “first”, “second”, “third” and“fourth” in the description, claim and the above drawings of the presentapplication are used to distinguish similar objects, not necessarily todescribe specific order or sequence. It should be understood that thedata used in this way can be interchanged under appropriatecircumstances, so that embodiments of the present application describedcan be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or describedherein. In addition, terms such as “comprising” and “provided with” andany variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions,for example, comprise processes, methods, systems, products or equipmentthat contain a series of steps or units need not be limited to thosesteps or units that are clearly listed, but may include other steps orunits that are not clearly listed but inherent to these processes,methods, products or equipment.

A method for assessing water shortage risk is provided in an embodimentof the present application, and can be applied to the computer deviceshown in FIG. 1, which can be a terminal or a server, and in the casethat the terminal is the computer device, the internal structure of thecomputer device is shown in FIG. 1. The computer device includes aprocessor, memory, network interface, display and input device connectedthrough a system bus. Among them, the processor of the computer deviceis used to provide computing and control capabilities. The memory of thecomputer device includes non-volatile storage medium and internalmemory. The non-volatile storage medium stores an operating system andcomputer program. The internal memory provides environment for operationof the operating system and computer program in the non-volatile storagemedium. The network interface of the computer device is used tocommunicate with external terminals through network links. The computerprogram, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of methodfor assessing water shortage risk. The computer device may include aliquid crystal display or an electronic ink display, and the inputdevice of the computer device may be a touch layer covered on thedisplay, and can also be a button, trackball or touchpad provided on thecomputer device shell, or an external keyboard, touchpad or mouse.

Those killed in the art can understand that the structure shown in FIG.1 is only a block diagram of a part of the structure related to thesolution of the present application, and does not constitute alimitation on the computer device to which the solution of the presentapplication is applied. Specific computer device may include more orfewer parts than shown in the drawings, or a combination of certaincomponents, or different arrangement of the components.

At present, the most commonly used method for water shortage riskassessment is the average per capita water resource analysis method,which is to average a total volume of blue water resource and totalpopulation in an area (river basin) during a certain period, todetermine the amount of water resources for each person, so as to judgethe risk of water shortage in the area (river basin), for which there isa problem of incomplete evaluation results, for example, the blue waterresource is preferentially allocated to human activities, while a smallamount of the blue water resource is allocated to the ecologicalenvironment, resulting into a situation where human society does notlack water, but the ecological environment is short of water. In thepresent application, the demand of soil for the volume of blue water istaken into account, when the water shortage risk indicator ofto-be-assessed-area is determined, so that the determined water shortagerisk indicator can indicate the degree of water shortage risk in theecological environment, improving comprehensiveness. The technicalsolution of the present application and how the technical solution ofthe present application solves the above technical problems will beexplained in detail as follows through embodiments in combination withthe drawings. The following embodiments can be combined with each other,and the same or similar concepts or processes may not be repeated insome embodiments.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for assessing water shortage riskprovided in an embodiment. The method is conducted by the computerdevice in FIG. 1, and involves the specific process of determining awater shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area according to aratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention water by acomputer device, and as shown in FIG. 2, the method comprises thefollowing steps:

S101, acquiring a volume of blue water flowing into soil of ato-be-assessed-area within a target time period, and a volume ofretention water flowing into and retained in the soil of theto-be-assessed-area within the target time period;

The water resource may comprise blue water resource and green waterresource, the blue water resource may refer to the flowing water inrivers, lakes and underground aquifers, the green water resource mayrefer to the water that flows into the soil through precipitation, suchas rainfall, snowfall, etc. Among them, the volume of blue water flowinginto the soil of a to-be-assessed-area may refer to the volume of bluewater that flows into the soil in the form of irrigation, channelleakage and capillary water. The volume of blue water can indicate thevolume of blue water available to the soil in the to-be-assessed-area.

The target time period refers to the time interval for measuring thewater shortage risk indicator, and may be determined flexibly accordingto the assessment demand, for example, when the water shortage riskindicator needs to be evaluated in the last 10 years, the target timeperiod is the last 10 years.

The volume of retention water refers to the amount of water that flowsinto the soil and is stored in the soil during a target time period.Since the water that flows into and is stored in the soil is consumed inthe form of vegetation transpiration or surface evaporation, the amountof water that flows into and is stored in the soil may be taken as thetotal volume of water that can be used by the soil, that is, the volumeof retention water may indicate the total volume of water available tothe soil.

S102, determining a water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area indicating a degree of water shortage risk of theto-be-assessed-area, according to a ratio of the volume of blue water tothe volume of retention water.

Wherein, the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water can indicate the demand level of soil for blue water,the higher the ratio, the greater the demand of the soil for the volumeof blue water, the soil needs to rely on supplementation of a largeamount of blue water to meet its water use demand, that is, the lowerthe soil's own green water meets the demand for use, the greater thesoil's risk of water shortage; and the lower the ratio, the smaller thesoil's demand for the volume of blue water, the better the soil's owngreen water can meets its demand for use, the lower the degree of thewater shortage risk of the soil. Therefore, the present application mayconsider the assessment of the water shortage risk faced by the soilfrom the perspective of the degree to which the soil's own green watercan meet its requirements for use using the ratio of the volume of bluewater to the volume of retention water, allowing the determined watershortage risk indicator to more fully represent the degree of watershortage risk of the soil.

The ecological environment, which takes natural objects as elements, isdominated by the environment formed by natural forces rather thanhumans. Water in the ecological environment is mainly consumed by:prokaryotes, protozoa, fungi, vegetation and animals. With vastdistribution and tremendous amount, vegetation consums water thataccounts a major share of the total water consumption by the ecologicalenvironment. Compared with the water consumption of vegetation, thewater consumption of animals and microorganisms is negligible, so thetotal volume of water used by soil, i.e., the volume of retention watermay characterize the water consumption of the ecological environment.And the water shortage risk indicator of to-be-assessed-area determinedaccording to the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water may characterize the degree of water shortage risk inthe ecological environment.

The water shortage risk indicator is used to indicate the degree ofwater shortage risk in the to-be-assessed-area. Optionally, the watershortage risk indicator may be denoted in a numerical form, for example,from 1-10, among which a water shortage risk indicator of 10 representsan ultra-high risk of water shortage; a water shortage risk indicator of9 represents an extremely high risk of water shortage; a water shortagerisk indicator of 8 represents a relatively high risk of water shortage;a water shortage risk indicator of 7 represents a high risk of watershortage; and a water shortage risk indicator of 2 represents a low riskof water shortage.

Alternatively, the water shortage risk indicator may optionally bedirectly characterized by the degree of risk. The degree of riskcomprises but is not limited to low risk, medium risk, high risk, andextremely high risk. For example, the water shortage risk indicatorindicates a low risk, or a medium risk.

In this embodiment, the specific process of determining the watershortage risk indicator of a to-be-assessed-area according to the ratioof the volume of blue water to the volume of retention water may be: forexample, the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water is 0.4, the to-be-assessed-area is assigned a weightcoefficient according to underlying surface information thereof, forexample, if the weight coefficient is 5, thus, the specific method forcalculating the water shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-areais: 0.4×5, that is, the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area is 2, and the indicator 2, for example, mayrepresent a low risk of water shortage of the to-be-assessed-area.

In the above embodiment, the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area is determined according to a ratio of the volume ofblue water flowing into soil of a to-be-assessed-area to the volume ofretention water flowing into and retained in the soil of theto-be-assessed-area, as the volume of blue water can indicate the volumeof blue water available to soil in the to-be-assessed-area, and thevolume of retention water can indicate the total volume of wateravailable to soil in the to-be-assessed-area, the ratio of the volume ofblue water to the volume of retention water can indicate the demandlevel of soil for blue water. The higher the ratio, the greater thesoil's demand for the volume of blue water, that is, the soil's owngreen water cannot meet the soil's water demand, the soil has the riskof water shortage, has a high dependence on blue water and a relativelyhigh degree of water shortage risk. Therefore, when determining thewater shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area, in the presentapplication, the volume of blue water demanded by the soil is taken intoaccount, so that the determined water shortage risk indicator canindicate the degree of water shortage risk of the ecologicalenvironment, and improves comprehensiveness compared with methods in therelated technology to determine whether there is a risk of watershortage in a region according to the relationship between the amount ofwater that can be provided to human production activities and the waterdemand for human activities in the region.

The above determination of the water shortage risk indicator of ato-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volume of blue water tothe volume of retention water may be implemented in many ways, andoptionally, may include: matching the ratio of the volume of blue waterto the volume of retention water with a first mapping relation, whichcomprises corresponding relation of different ratio ranges with thewater shortage risk indicator, to determine the water shortage riskindicator in the to-be-assessed-area.

Wherein, the first mapping relation may be pre-set according toassessment requirements, and is used to indicate the correspondingrelation between the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water with the water shortage risk indicator. For example, thefirst mapping relation may be shown in Table 1:

TABLE 1 water shortage ratio range of volume of blue water riskindicator to volume of retention water 1 [0, 0.25)  2 [0.25, 0.5) 3[0.5, 0.75) 4 [0.75, 1) 

For example, assuming that the ratio of the volume of blue water to thevolume of retention water is 0.8, which falls into the ratio range of[0.75, 1), according to the first mapping relation in Table 1, it can beseen that a water shortage risk indicator 4 corresponds to the ratiorange, wherein a water shortage risk indicator of 4 may represent anextremely high risk of water shortage, that is, the water shortage riskof the ecological environment of the area is extremely high.

Alternatively, in this embodiment, the first mapping relation may beshown as Table 2:

TABLE 2 water shortage ratio range of volume of blue water riskindicator to volume of retention water low risk [0, 0.25)  medium risk[0.25, 0.5) high risk [0.5, 0.75)

In this embodiment, assuming that the ratio of the volume of blue waterto the volume of retention water is 0.3, which falls into the ratiorange of [0.25, 0.5), according to the first mapping relation in Table2, it can be seen that, the water shortage risk indicator correspondingto the ratio range is medium risk.

Alternatively, determining the water shortage risk indicator of thenatural system in the to-be-assessed-area according to the ratio of thevolume of blue water to the volume of retention water may specificallyinclude: taking the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water as the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area.

For example, the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water is 0.2, thus, the water shortage risk indicator ofto-be-assessed-area is 0.2. Each value of the water shortage riskindicator has a corresponding degree of risk, e.g., a water shortagerisk indicator of 0.2 for the to-be-assessed-area represents that thewater shortage risk in the area is low.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, since the ratio of thevolume of blue water to the volume of retention water is less than 1 andgreater than 0, the range of the corresponding water shortage riskindicator is also less than 1 and greater than 0, and may be shown asTable 3. The range of 0-1 may be divided to form multiple ranges of theindicator, which correspond to the degree of risk, for example, theratio of the amount of blue water to the volume of retention water is0.6, thus, the water shortage risk indicator of to-be-assessed-area is0.6, falling into the indicator range of [0.5, 0.75), thus, the watershortage risk of to-be-assessed-area is high.

TABLE 3 degree of risk range of water shortage risk indicator low risk[0, 0.25)  medium risk [0.25, 0.5) high risk [0.5, 0.75) extremly highrisk [0.75, 1) 

Optionally, the water shortage risk indicator may indicate the degree ofthe water shortage risk in the ecological environment ofthe-be-assessed-area; or, optionally, the water shortage risk indicatormay indicate the degree of the water shortage risk of the ecologicalenvironment and human society in the to-be-assessed-area.

As shown in FIG. 3, which is a flowchart of a method for assessing watershortage risk provided in another embodiment. The method is executed bythe computer device in FIG. 1, and involves the specific process ofdetermining the water shortage risk indicator that may determine thedegree of water shortage risk in the ecological environment whileindicating the degree of water shortage risk in human society by thecomputer device, the method includes the following steps:

S201, matching an average per capita water resource in theto-be-assessed-area within the target time period with a second mappingrelation, which comprises corresponding relation of different ranges ofthe average per capita water resource with each risk level value, todetermine a first risk level value of the to-be-assessed-area, thesecond mapping relation;

Wherein, the first risk level value is used to indicate the degree ofwater shortage risk of water that can be provided to human activities,and is determined by the average per capita water resource and thesecond mapping relation. The water resource that can be used for humanactivities is blue water resource.

In this embodiment, assuming that the target time period is the last 1year, and the population and the available total volume of blue waterresource in the to-be-assessed-area in the last 1 year can be obtainedby any optional means such as measurement, statistics, or datasimulation.

For example, the population in the year of 2018 is 20, and the totalvolume of available blue water resource is 30,000 cubic meters per year.Thus, the average per capita water resource in 2018 is 1500 cubic metersper year.

The second mapping relation is for example, shown as Table 4:

TABLE 4 range of average per capita water resource value of risk level(unit: cubic meters per person per year) 1 [1700, 10000) 2 [1000, 1700) 3 [500, 1000)  4 [0, 500)   

The second mapping relation comprises different ranges of average percapita water resource and different risk level values.

In 2018, the average per capita water resource is 1500 cubic meters peryear, less than 1700 cubic meters per year, and greater than or equal to1000 cubic meters per year, the corresponding first risk level value is2.

It should be noted that, different risk level values in the secondmapping relation correspond to different risk levels, for example, arisk level value of 1 indicates that the amount of water resourcebasically meets requriements for local social development, and the risklevel is defined as low risk; a risk level value of 2 indicates that thearea will experience periodic or regular water stress, the risk level isdefined as medium risk; a risk level value of 3 indicates that the areawill experience continuous water shortage and loss in economicdevelopment and people's health being undermined, and the risk level isdefined as high risk; a risk level value of 4 indicates that the areawill experience extremely severe water shortage, which will seriouslyaffect the social and economic development and people's health, and therisk level is defined as extremely high risk.

S202, matching the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water with a third mapping relation, which comprisescorresponding relation of different ratio ranges with each risk levelvalue, to determine a second risk level value of theto-be-assessed-area.

Among them, the second risk level value is used to indicate the degreeof water shortage risk for water source that can be provided to theecological environment, and is determined by the ratio of the volume ofblue water and the volume of retention water and the third mappingrelation. The water resource that can be provided to the ecologicalenvironment comprises green water and part of the blue water supplied tothe soil. The greater the ratio of the volume of blue water to thevolume of retention water, the greater the ecological environment'sdemand for blue water, that is, the lower the degree to which greenwater of the to-be-assessed-area can meet the soil's demand for water,and the greater the risk of water shortage of the soil in theto-be-assessed-area.

In this embodiment, for example, the target time period is the last 1year, and the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water in the to-be-assessed-area in the last 1 year isobtained by any optional means such as measurement, statistics, or datasimulation, for example, the ratio of the volume of blue water to thevolume of retention water in 2018 is 0.1.

The third mapping relation is shown as Table 5:

TABLE 5 ratio range of volume of blue water risk level value to volumeof retention water 1 [0, 0.25)  2 [0.25, 0.5) 3 [0.5, 0.75) 4 [0.75, 1) 

The third mapping relation comprises different ranges of the ratio ofthe volume of blue water to the volume of retention water and differentrisk level values.

In 2018, the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water is 0.1, falling into the range of [0, 0.25),corresponding to a second risk level value of 1.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, a risk level value of 1indicates that water consumed by the soil mainly depends on the greenwater resource, and does not depend on the blue water resource, and thepotential risk level of water resource shortage is low. A risk levelvalue of 2 indicates that water consumed by the soil depends on thegreen water resource and part of the blue water resource, the potentialrisk level of water resource shortage is medium; a risk level value of 3indicates that water consumed by the soil is more dependent on bluewater resource, the potential risk level of water resource shortage ishigh; a risk level value of 4 indicates that water consumed by the soilis excessively dependent on blue water resource, and the potential risklevel of water resource shortage is extremely high.

S203, calculating a weighted sum of the first risk level value and thesecond risk level value, to obtain a third risk level value.

Specifically, for example, in 2018, the water shortage risk weight ofhuman society is 0.4, and the water shortage risk weight of theecological environment is 0.6.

The first risk level value and the second risk level value are weightedand summed, specifically as shown in Formula 1:

$\begin{matrix}{R = {\left( {{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{N}\; {R_{h} \times W_{h}}} + {R_{e} \times W_{e}}} \right)\text{/}n}} & {{Formula}\mspace{14mu} 1}\end{matrix}$

Wherein Rh is the first risk level value (equal to 1, 2, 3, 4), Wh isthe water shortage risk weight of human society, Re is second risk levelvalue (equal to 1, 2, 3, 4), We is the water shortage risk weightWe=1−Wh of the ecological environment, and n is the target time period,in this embodiment, the target time period n=1.

Thus, in combination with the Formula 1 and the first risk level valuein 2018, the second risk level value is calculated as:

${R = {\frac{{2 \times 0.4} + {1 \times 0.6}}{1} = 1.4}},$

and the third risk level value obtained is 1.4.

S204, matching the third risk level value with a fourth mappingrelation, and determining the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area, the fourth mapping relation comprises correspondingrelation of different ranges of the risk level value with each watershortage risk indicator.

The fourth mapping relation may be flexibly set according to theassessment needs, and includes different risk level value ranges anddifferent water shortage risk indicator, as shown in Table 6:

TABLE 6 water shortage range of risk risk indicator level value 1 0 ≤ R< 2 2 2 ≤ R < 4 3 4 ≤ R < 6 4 6 ≤ R < 8

The third risk level value is 1.4, it can be seen according to thefourth mapping relation that, the water shortage risk indicator ofto-be-assessed-area is 1, and each risk indicator corresponds to adifferent risk level, e.g., a water shortage risk indicator of 1represents a low risk.

Alternatively, in this embodiment, the fourth mapping relation mayfurther be shown as Table 7:

TABLE 7 water shortage range of risk risk indicator level value low risk0 ≤ R < 2 medium risk 2 ≤ R < 4 high risk 4 ≤ R < 6 extremely high risk6 ≤ R < 8

When the third risk level value is 1.4, it can be seen from the fourthmapping relation in Table 7 that the water shortage risk indicator ofthe to-be-assessed-area is low.

Alternatively, in this embodiment, the water shortage risk indicator ofthe to-be-assessed-area may be determined according to the third risklevel value, specifically, the third risk level value may be taken asthe water shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area.

For example, if the third risk level value is 1.4, thus, the watershortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area is 1.4. The value ofthe water shortage risk indicator corresponds to a certain risk level,for example, the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area being 1.4 represents that the water shortage risk ofthe area is low.

Alternatively, in this embodiment, the water shortage risk indicator ofthe to-be-assessed-area may be determined according to the third risklevel value, and specifically,

If the third risk level value is 1.4, the to-be-assessed-area is endowedwith a weight coefficient according to underlying surface information ofthe to-be-assessed-area, for example, if the weight coefficient is 0.8,thus, the water shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area isspecifically calculated as 1.4×0.8=1.12, i.e., the water shortage riskindicator of the to-be-assessed-area is 1.12, indicating a low watershortage risk of the to-be-assessed-area.

On the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, this implementation alsoprovides a method for determining the water shortage risk indicator, forexample: assuming that the target time period is 5 years, the populationin each of the 5 years and the total volume of the available blue waterresource in each of the 5 years in the to-be-assessed-area are obtainedvia measurement, statistics or data simulation and other optionalmethods. Assuming that the target time period stretches from 2001 to2005, and the population in 2001 is 20, the total volume of theavailable blue water resource is 30,000 cubic meters per year; in 2002,the population is 20, the total volume of the available blue waterresource is 40,000 cubic meters per year; the population in 2003 is 24,the total volume of the available blue water resource is 20,000 cubicmeters per year; in 2004, the population is 26, the total volume of theavailable blue water resource is 10,000 cubic meters per year; thepopulation in 2005 was 26, the total volume of the available blue waterresource is 20,000 cubic meters per year.

Correspondingly, the average per capita water resource in 2001 is30000/20=1500 cubic meters per year; the average per capita waterresource in 2002 is 40000/20=2000 cubic meters per year; the average percapita water resource in 2003 is: 20000/24=833.33 cubic meters per year;the average per capita water resource in 2004 is: 10000/26=384.62 cubicmeters per year; the average per capita water resource in 2005 is:20000/26=769.23 cubic meters per year.

In the present application, the first risk level value of each year iscalculated according to the average per capita water resource of eachyear, and referring to the second mapping relation shown in Table 4, itmay be sees that in 2001, the average per capita water resource is 1500cubic meters per year, less than 1700 cubic meters per year and greaterthan or equal to 1000 cubic meters per year, the corresponding firstrisk level value is 2. Likewise, the corresponding first risk levelvalue in 2002 is 1, the corresponding first risk level value in 2003 is3, and the corresponding first risk level value in 2004 is 4, and thecorresponding first risk level value in 2005 is 3.

The ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention waterin the to-be-assessed-area in 2001-2005 is obtained by any optionalmethod such as measurement, statistics or data simulation, for example,the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention waterin 2001 is 0.1; the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water in 2002 is 0.6; the ratio of the volume of blue water tothe volume of retention water in 2003 is 0.8; the ratio of the volume ofblue water to the volume of retention water in 2004 is 0.3; and theratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention water in2005 is 0.2.

Referring to the third mapping relation shown in Table 5, it may be seenthat in 2001, the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water is 0.1, greater than or equal to 0 and less than 0.25,and the corresponding second risk level value is 1. Meanwhile, thecorresponding second risk level value in 2002 is 3, the correspondingsecond risk level value in 2003 is 4, the corresponding second risklevel value in 2004 is 2, and the corresponding second risk level valuein 2005 is 1.

It should be noted that, the second mapping relation has the same numberof risk level values as the third mapping relation in the presentapplication, that is, the corresponding risk level value in the secondmapping relation has 4 values, the corresponding risk level in the thirdmapping relation also has 4 values. Thus, division of levels of thewater shortage risk for water provided to the ecological environment iscompatible with that of the water shortage risk for water provided forhuman activities.

The water shortage risk weight for the human society and the watershortage risk weight for the ecological environment each year areobtained, for example shown as Table 8:

TABLE 8 water shortage risk weight for water shortage risk weight for2001-2005 human society ecological environment 2001 0.5 0.5 2002 0.4 0.62003 0.6 0.4 2004 0.7 0.3 2005 0.6 0.4

Thus, in combination with the Formula 1 and the corresponding first risklevel values in 2001-2005, the second risk level value is calculated asfollows:

$R = {\frac{\begin{matrix}{\left( {{2 \times 0.5} + {1 \times 0.5}} \right) + \left( {{1 \times 0.4} + {3 \times 0.6}} \right) + \left( {{3 \times 0.6} + {4 \times 0.4}} \right) +} \\{\left( {{4 \times 0.7} + {2 \times 0.3}} \right) + \left( {{3 \times 0.6} + {1 \times 0.4}} \right)}\end{matrix}}{5} = 2.54}$

The obtained third risk level value is 2.54. Referring to the fourthmapping relation shown as Table 6, it can be seen that the third risklevel value is 2.54, the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area is 2, indicating a medium risk. That is, within thetarget time period of 5 years, the water shortage risk ofto-be-assessed-area is medium.

In the above embodiment, the first risk level value is determinedaccording to average per capita water resource and the second mappingrelation, and the second risk level value is determined according to theratio of the volume of the blue water to the volume of retention waterand the third mapping relation, the first risk level value and thesecond risk level value are weighted and summed to obtain the third risklevel value, and the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area is determined according to the third risk levelvalue. As the first risk level can indicate the water shortage risk forthe human society, and the second risk level value can indicate thewater shortage risk for the ecological environment, the third risk levelvalue obtained by weighting and summation of the first risk level valueand the second risk level value embody both the water shortage risk forthe human society and the water shortage risk for the soil, and cancomprehensively indicate the water shortage risk of theto-be-assessed-area, thus the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area determined according to the third risk level valuecan more comprehensively indicate the degree of the water shortage riskfor the to-be-assessed-area, resulting into a more comprehensiveassessment result.

In the above weighted summation process, the water shortage risk weightfor the human society indicates the degree of impact of water consumedby the human society on the ecological environment, and the watershortage risk weight for the ecological environment indicates the degreeof impact of water consumed by the ecological environment on theecological environment, it is very important to determine the watershortage risk weight for the human society and the water shortage riskweight for the ecological environment scientifically and reasonablely.And as shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, before the first risk levelvalue and the second risk level value are subjected to weightedsummation to obtain the third risk level value, the method alsocomprises:

S203A, determining a weight Y of the first risk level value using aweight formula.

Wherein the weight formula is Y=aX+b, wherein X represents a totalvolume of blue water resource in the to-be-assessed-area, a representsslope, b represents intercept; wherein the slope a and the intercept bmay be given a value according to experience, or calculated according tocurve fitting technique, in this embodiment, the curve fitting techniqueis taken as an example to make the description:

Firstly, a linear regression curve is established as y=ax+b, accordingto the curve fitting technique.

Secondly, the total volume X of the blue water resource in theto-be-assessed-area and the human society blue water consumption C areobtained by any method such as measurement, statistics or datasimulation, and the proportion of water resource consumed by the humansociety y1=C/X is obtained according to the total volume X of the bluewater resource in the to-be-assessed-area and the human society bluewater consumption C.

According to the above method, (y1, X1)(y2, X2) of multiple target timeperiods for the to-be-assessed-area is obtained; and (y1,X1)(y2,X2) issubstituted in the fitting curve y=ax+b, to calculate the slope a andthe intercept b.

For example, the calculated slope a=−0.1, and intercept b=0.8, thus, theweight formula for the first risk level value is Y=−0.1X+0.8. Forexample, the blue water resource total volume in 2001 is 30000 cubicmeters per year, thus, the corresponding first risk level value weightin 2001 is −0.1×3+0.8=0.5.

S203B, taking an absolute value of a difference between a weight of thefirst risk level value and 1 as a weight of the second risk level value.

In an ideal environment, it is generally believed that the blue waterresource are completely consumed by the human society and the soil.Therefore, the sum of the weight of the first risk indicator weight andthe second risk indicator weight should be 1. In this embodiment, 2001is still used as an example for explanation, the first risk level valueweight for 2001 is 0.5, thus, the water shortage risk weight for theecological environment is 1−0.5=0.5.

In the above embodiment, the weight of the first risk level value andthe weight of the second risk level value are obtained throughreasonable calculation, so that the third risk level value obtained byweighted summation can better indicate the water shortage risk of theto-be-assessed-area. Therefore, the water shortage risk indicatordetermined according to the third risk level value is also moreaccurate.

Since the water in the soil has multiple inflow and outflow paths, whenacquiring the volume of blue water and the volume of retention water, itis necessary to comprehensively and accurately obtain the multipleinflow paths of water and the corresponding amount of water for eachinflow path, and the multiple outflow paths of water and thecorresponding amount of water for each outflow path, so as to accuratelyobtain the volume of blue water and the volume of retention water, andthus, obtain an accurate water shortage risk indicator. Based on this,as shown in FIG. 5, in this embodiment, the volume of blue water flowinginto the to-be-assessed-area soil within a target time period, and thevolume of retention water flowing into and retained in theto-be-assessed-area soil within the target time period are obtained inthe form of hydrological simulation, the specific process is as follows:

S301, the ecological hydrological simulation is carried out through anecological hydrological model to obtain the simulation result, includingthe volume of blue water, the volume of outflow water which flows outfrom the soil of the to-be-assessed-area within the target time period,and the volume of vegetation retention water.

Water resource in the soil is consumed in the form ofevapotranspiration, which mainly consumes water in soil, including greenwater resource formed by precipitation and replenishment to the soilcaused by other factors, such as irrigation caused by human activitiesand channel leakage caused by irrigation channels, capillary watercaused by natural factors, etc. Due to the different water resources,the soil consumes both the green water resource and the blue waterresource. In this embodiment, simulation is carried out according to theecological hydrological model, wherein water flowing into and out of thesoil is classified. Specifically, the simulation result of theecological hydrological simulation conducted via the ecologicalhydrological model includes the volume of blue water, the volume ofoutflow water, the volume of vegetation retention water, wherein thevolume of blue water includes the volume of irrigation water Ir causedby human activities and volume of channel leakage SP leakage caused byirrigation channels, and the volume of capillary water CP caused bynatural factors, specifically, the volume of blue water=the volume ofirrigation water Ir+the volume of channel leakage SP+the volume ofcapillary water CP.

The volume of outflow water comprises a volume of surface runoff waterRH, a volume of groundwater supplied Re and a volume of subsurface flowIF, wherein, the volume of surface runoff water RH is the amount ofwater generated on the ground and flowing into a certain water-carryingcross-section along the ground, the volume of groundwater supplied Re isthe amount of water supplemented from the soil to the groundwater layer;the volume of subsurface flow IF refers to water flow that flowslaterally in the upper soil layer or on the interface of layered soillayers.

The volume of the green water resource formed by precipitation may becalculated through the precipitation P and the volume of vegetationretention water Int. Specifically, during rainfall or snowfall, due tovegetation retention, some precipitation will be retained in thevegetation canopy, and then directly evaporated as water vapor to enterthe atmosphere and does not flow into the soil. Only the precipitationthat flows into the soil can form the green water resource, that is,effective prescription Pe, wherein Pe=P−Int, P represents theprecipitation in the to-be-assessed-area within a target time period,Int represents the vegetation retention water Int in theto-be-assessed-area.

Int represents the maximum retention capacity of vegetation canopy inthe to-be-assessed-area, Int=0.3×LAI, LAI is a leaf area index and canbe is obtained through the Global Leaf Area Index database(http://glcf.umd.edu/data/lai/) or Remote sensing inversion real-timedatabase(https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view/php?dataseId=MOD15A2_M_LAI).

S302, obtaining the volume of retention water according toprecipitation, the volume of vegetation retention water, the volume ofblue water and the volume of outflow water within the target timeperiod.

Wherein, the volume of retention water refers to the water flowing intoand retained in the soil in the to-be-assessed-area within a target timeperiod, so the volume of retention water is calculated as the differencebetween all the water flowing into the soil and water flowing out of thesoil, that is, the volume of retention water=the volume of irrigationwater Ir+the volume of channel leakage SP+the volume of capillary waterCP+(precipitation p-vegetation interception Int)−(the volume of surfacerunoff water RH+the volume of groundwater supplied Re+the volume ofsubsurface flow IF).

On the basis of the above volume of blue water and volume of retentionwater, in this embodiment, the ratio of the volume of blue water to thevolume of retention water is denoted as BWCR, specifically:

${BWCR} = \frac{{Ir} + {SP} + {CP}}{{Ir} + {SP} + {CP} + \left( {P - {Int}} \right) - \left( {{RH} + {Rc} + {IF}} \right)}$

In the above embodiment, the hydrological simulation is carried outthrough the ecological hydrological model, the volume of blue water isdetermined according to the volume of irrigation water Ir caused byhuman activity factors and the volume of channel leakage SP caused byirrigation channels, and the volume of capillary water CP caused bynatural factors, and the volume of Retention water is determinedaccording to the volume of irrigation water Ir, the volume of channelleakage SP, the volume of capillary water CP, the precipitation p, thevolume of vegetation interception Int, the volume of surface runoffwater RH, the volume of groundwater supplied Re and the volume ofsubsurface flow IF, thus both the volume of blue water and the volume ofretention water are comprehensively and accurately determined, improvingthe accuracy of the water shortage risk indicator determined accordingto the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retentionwater.

Since the volume of blue water and the volume of retention watermeasured during a target time period are accidental, the accuracy of thewater shortage risk indicator determined according to the ratio of thevolume of blue water to the volume of retention water within the targettime period is less accurate, optionally, in order to solve thisproblem, the application is carried out in multiple target time periods,as shown in FIG. 6, the method is carried out by the computer device inFIG. 1, and involves specific processes of using the computer device todetermine the water shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-areaaccording to the average volume of blue water and average volume ofretention water during multiple target time periods, and the methodspecifically comprises the following steps:

S401, taking an average of the volume of blue water corresponding to themultiple target time periods respectively, to obtain an average volumeof blue water.

For example, in this embodiment, 3 target time periods are set, each for1 year, for example, the volume of blue water is 1200 cubic meters peryear in 2010, the volume of blue water is 600 cubic meters per year in2011; and the volume of blue water is 900 cubic meters per year in 2012.Thus, the average volume of blue water within the 3 target time periodsis 900 cubic meters per year.

S402, taking an average of the volume of retention water correspondingto the multiple target time periods respectively, to obtain an averagevolume of retention water.

In this embodiment, the volume of retention water is respectively: thevolume of retention water is 3000 cubic meters per year in 2010; in2011, the volume of retention water is 3500 cubic meters per year; in2012, the volume of retention water is 1750 cubic meters per year. Thus,the average volume of retention water within the 3 target time periodsis 2750 cubic meters per year.

S403, determining the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the average volume of bluewater to the average volume of retention water.

The ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention wateris denoted as BWCR, BWCR=900/2750=0.32.

The method of determining the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area according to BWCR may select any one of theimplementations provided above, for example: according to the mappingrelation shown as Table 9, BWCR and the mapping relation, it may be seenthat BWCR falls into the rage of [0.25, 0.5), corresponding to a watershortage risk indicator of 2, indicating a medium risk.

TABLE 9 water shortage risk ratio ranges of volume of blue water 1

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On the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, this embodiment will bedescribed with examples:

As shown in FIG. 7, which is a schematic diagram of water flowing intoand out of soil in the to-be-assessed-area in the Heihe River Basin. Thebox marked in the Heihe River Basin is a to-be-assessed-area, which maybe divided into multiple small units as shown in the grid in FIG. 7 tofacilitate data collection, and data in a small range represented by theeach unit are collected before statistic calculation, to obtaincollected data of the to-be-assessed-area, on the basis of whichecological hydrological simulation is performed, to obtain the volume ofblue water and the volume of retention water. The types of inflow andoutflow of water in the soil are further shown in FIG. 7, with arrowstoward the soil representing water flowing into the soil, and arrowsaway from the soil representing water flowing out of the soil. The waterflowing into the soil comprises: rainwater, irrigation, capillary water,and channel leakage; and the water flowing out of the soil comprises:ground surface runoff, subsurface flow, and groundwater supply.

On the basis of FIG. 7, the number of the to-be-assessed-areas is 4, forexample, when the soil types of the four to-be-assessed-areas arefarmland, forest, grassland and desert, the types of water flowing intoand out of the soil of the four to-be-assessed-areas and theircorresponding water volumes obtained by simulation through thehydrological ecological model are respectively shown as FIG. 8(a)-FIG.8(d), FIG. 8(a) is a schematic diagram of water circulation in soil whenthe soil type of to-be-assessed-area is farmland; FIG. 8(b) is aschematic diagram of water circulation in soil when the soil type ofto-be-assessed-area is forest; FIG. 8(c) is a schematic diagram of thewater circulation in the soil when the soil type of to-be-assessed-areais grassland; FIG. 8(d) is a schematic diagram of the water circulationin the soil when the soil type of to-be-assessed-area is desert. Itshould be noted that, in this embodiment, the surface runoff flowactually comprises the volume of surface runoff water and the volume ofsubsurface flow. According to FIG. 8(a), the volume of blue watercorresponding to the farmland area may be calculated as=442.7+109.4+64.6=616.7; the volume of retentionwater=442.7+109.4+64.6+(169.8−47.5)−(23.3+7.2)=708.5; thus, the ratio ofthe volume of blue water to the volume of retention water is 0.87, thecorresponding water shortage risk indicator is 0.87, and it can be seenin combination with Table 3 that, the farmland area has an extremly highwater shortage risk. The farmland, having a lot of vegetation, consums alarge amount of water, and is high dependent on irrigation, therebyhaving a high degree of water shortage risk.

According to FIG. 8(b), the volume of blue water corresponding to theforest area may be calculated as =171.5+26.7+124.8=323; volume ofretention water=171.5+26.7+124.8+(100.9−30.8)−(19.2+10)=363.9; thus, theratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention water is0.887, the corresponding water shortage risk indicator is 0.887, it canbe seen from in combination with Table 3 that, the farmland area has aextremly high water shortage risk. The forest area, with a large amountof vegetation, has a large demand for water, and the green waterresource formed by precipitation is not enough to satisfy the demand forsoil water, so there is a higher degree of water shortage risk.

According to FIG. 8(c), the volume of blue water corresponding to thegrassland area may be calculated as =36.2+6.5+53.1=95.8; the volume ofretention water=36.2+6.5+53.1+(173.9−41.5)−(30+6.3)=191.9; thus, theratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention water is0.499, the corresponding water shortage risk indicator is 0.499, it canbe seen in combination with Table 3 that, the farmland area has a mediumwater shortage risk. The grassland area, with most of the vegetationbeing relatively short, consums less water than the forest area. And thegreen water resource in the soil can meet water demand for most of thevegetation.

According to FIG. 8(d), the volume of blue water corresponding to thedessert area may be calculated as =0+0+16.5=16.5; the volume ofretention water=0+0+16.5+(77.4−0.6)−(0.2+2.2)=90.9; thus, the ratio ofthe volume of blue water to the volume of retention water is 0.181, thecorresponding water shortage risk indicator is 0.181, it can be seen incombination with Table 3 that, the farmland area has a low watershortage risk. With few vegetation, the dessert area has a less demandfor water, so the ecological environment of the desert area has a lowerdegree of water shortage risk.

From the analysis of FIG. 8(a) to FIG. 8(d), it can be seen that thewater shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area determinedaccording to the ratio of the volume to blue water to the volume ofretention water indicates a degree of water shortage risk of theto-be-assessed-area coinciding with that obtained from experience orobservation statistics, so the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area determined according to the technical solution ofthe present application can accurately indicate the degree of the watershortage risk of the ecological environment.

After determining the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area in FIG. 7 based on the methods of FIG. 8(a) to FIG.8(d), the water shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area inthe Heihe River Basin may be obtained, specifically shown as FIG. 9(a).

On the basis of FIG. 9(a), for example, using the vegetation coverageratio to represent the proportion of the ecological environment, theratio of each soil type with different water shortage risk indicatorsmay be determined further according to the water shortage risk indicatorof each to-be-assessed-area and the vegetation coverage ratio of eachto-be-assessed-area, as shown in FIG. 9(b), wherein the low risk areaaccounts for about 62% of the total vegetation coverage area in theHeihe River Basin, and these vegetation coverage areas have a relativelylow risk of continuous deterioration in the degree of water resourcesshortage. This 62% vegetation coverage area comprises about 46% of thegrassland ecological environment, about 8% of the farmland ecologicalenvironment, about 2% of the forest ecological environment, and about 6%of the desert ecological environment. The medium risk area accounts forabout 21% of the total vegetation coverage area in the Heihe RiverBasin. There is a medium risk of continuous deterioration in the degreeof water resources shortage in the vegetation coverage area, comprisingabout 4% of the grassland ecological environment, about 2% of the forestecological environment and about 15% of the farmland ecologicalenvironment. Similarly, the high risk area accounts for about 17% of thetotal vegetation coverage area in the Heihe River Basin, comprisingabout 4% of the grassland ecological environment, about 8% of thefarmland ecological environment and about 5% of the forest ecologicalenvironment.

On the basis of FIG. 9(a), for example, using the vegetation coverageratio to represent the proportion of the ecological environment, watershortage risk indicators corresponding to different soil types may bedetermined further according to the soil type of eachto-be-assessed-area and the water shortage risk indicator of eachto-be-assessed-area, as shown in FIG. 9(c), wherein the grasslandaccounts for 53% of the total vegetation coverage area, most part ofwhich is at low risk, only a small part is at a medium risk and a highrisk. The forest accounts for a relatively low proportion of the entirevegetation coverage area, about 7%, but more than 5% of the area in the7% is at a high risk.

From FIG. 9(a)-FIG. 9(c), the degree of water shortage risk faced by acertain soil type in the Heihe River Basin, as well as the proportion ofthe soil with different water shortage risk indicators in the total soilarea in the Heihe River Basin may be intuitively learned, which isconvenient for water management personnel to allocate water resources inthe area reasonably.

One embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, which is a schematic diagram of awater shortage risk assessment device provided by an embodiment,includes: an acquisition module 11, an indicator determination module12, wherein,

the acquisition module 11 is used for acquiring a volume of blue waterflowing into soil of a to-be-assessed-area within a target time period,and a volume of retention water flowing into and retained in the soil ofthe to-be-assessed-area within the target time period; and

the indicator determination module 12 is used for determining a watershortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area indicating a degreeof water shortage risk of the to-be-assessed-area, according to a ratioof the volume of blue water to the volume of retention water.

In one embodiment, the indicator determination module 12 is specificallyused for matching the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water with a first mapping relation, and determining the watershortage risk indicator in the to-be-assessed-area, the first mappingrelation comprises corresponding relation of different ratio ranges withthe water shortage risk indicator.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the indicator determinationmodule 12 comprises:

a first risk level value unit 121, for matching the average per capitawater resource in the to-be-assessed-area within a target time periodwith a second mapping relation, and determining the first risk levelvalue of the to-be-assessed-area; the second mapping relation comprisescorresponding relation of different ranges of the average per capitawater resource with each risk level value;

a second risk level value unit 122, for matching the ratio of the volumeof blue water to the volume of retention water with a third mappingrelation, and determining a second risk level value of theto-be-assessed-area, the third mapping relation comprises correspondingrelation of different ratio ranges with each risk level value;

a third risk level value unit 123, for calculating a weighted sum of thefirst risk level value and the second risk level value, to obtain athird risk level value;

an indicator determination unit 124, for matching the third risk levelvalue with a fourth mapping relation, and determining the water shortagerisk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area, the fourth mapping relationcomprises corresponding relation of different ranges of the risk levelvalue with each water shortage risk indicator.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, the device further comprises:

a first weight determination module 13, for determining a weight Y ofthe first risk level value using a weight formula Y=aX+b, wherein Xrepresents a total volume of blue water resource in theto-be-assessed-area, a represents slope, b represents intercept; and

a second weight determination module 14, for taking an absolute value ofa difference between the weight of the first risk level value and 1 as aweight of the second risk level value.

In one embodiment, the indicator determination module 12 is specificallyused for taking the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water as the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, the acquisition module 11comprises:

a volume of blue water determination unit 111, for performing ecologicalhydrological simulation with an ecological hydrological model, to obtaina simulation result comprising the volume of blue water, the volume ofoutflow water flowing out of soil in the to-be-assessed-area and volumeof vegetation retention water within the target time period; and

a volume of retention water determination unit 112, for obtaining thevolume of retention water according to precipitation, the volume ofvegetation retention water, the volume of blue water and the volume ofoutflow water within the target time period.

In one embodiment, the acquisition module 11 is further used for takingan average of the volume of blue water corresponding to the multipletarget time periods respectively, to obtain an average volume of bluewater; and for taking an average volume of retention water correspondingto the multiple target time periods respectively, to obtain an averagevolume of retention water; and

the indicator determination module is specifically used for determiningthe water shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area accordingto a ratio of the average volume of blue water to the average volume ofretention water.

For the specific limitation of the water shortage risk assessmentdevice, please refer to the definition of the method for assessing watershortage risk above, which will not be repeated here. Each module in theabove water shortage risk assessment device may be wholly or partlyrealized through software, hardware or combinations thereof. The abovemodules may be embedded in or independent from the processor in thecomputer device in the form of hardware, or may be stored in the memoryin the computer device in the form of software so that the processor canschedule and execute operations corresponding to the above modules.

In one embodiment, a computer device is provided, comprising memorystoring computer programs and a processor, wherein, the processor, whenexecuting the computer program, realizes the following steps:

acquiring a volume of blue water flowing into soil of ato-be-assessed-area within a target time period, and a volume ofretention water flowing into and retained in the soil of theto-be-assessed-area within the target time period; and determining awater shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area indicating adegree of water shortage risk of the to-be-assessed-area, according to aratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention water.

In one embodiment, determining a water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volume of blue water tothe volume of retention water comprises: matching the ratio of thevolume of blue water to the volume of retention water with a firstmapping relation, which comprises corresponding relation of differentratio ranges with the water shortage risk indicator, to determine thewater shortage risk indicator in the to-be-assessed-area.

In one embodiment, determining a water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volume of blue water tothe volume of retention water comprises: matching an average per capitawater resource in the to-be-assessed-area within the target time periodwith a second mapping relation, which comprises corresponding relationof different ranges of the average per capita water resource with eachrisk level value, to determine a first risk level value of theto-be-assessed-area, the second mapping relation; matching the ratio ofthe volume of blue water to the volume of retention water with a thirdmapping relation, which comprises corresponding relation of differentratio ranges with each risk level value, to determine a second risklevel value of the to-be-assessed-area; calculating a weighted sum ofthe first risk level value and the second risk level value, to obtain athird risk level value; and matching the third risk level value with afourth mapping relation, which comprises corresponding relation ofdifferent ranges of the risk level value with each water shortage riskindicator, to determine the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area.

In one embodiment, before calculating a weighted sum of the first risklevel value and the second risk level value to obtain a third risk levelvalue, the embodiment further comprises: determining a weight Y of thefirst risk level value using a weight formula Y=aX+b, wherein Xrepresents a total volume of blue water resource in theto-be-assessed-area, a represents slope, b represents intercept; andtaking an absolute value of a difference between a weight of the firstrisk level value and 1 as a weight of the second risk level value.

In one embodiment, determining a water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volume of blue water tothe volume of retention water comprises taking the ratio of the volumeof blue water to the volume of retention water as the water shortagerisk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area.

In one embodiment, acquiring a volume of blue water flowing into soil ofa to-be-assessed-area within a target time period, and a volume ofretention water flowing into and retained in the soil of theto-be-assessed-area within the target time period comprises performingecological hydrological simulation with an ecological hydrologicalmodel, to obtain a simulation result comprising the volume of bluewater, a volume of outflow water flowing out of soil in theto-be-assessed-area and a volume of vegetation retention water withinthe target time period; and obtaining the volume of retention wateraccording to precipitation, the volume of vegetation retention water,the volume of blue water and the volume of outflow water within thetarget time period.

In one embodiment, the volume of blue water comprises: a volume ofirrigation water, a volume of channel leakage and a volume of capillarywater.

In one embodiment, the volume of outflow water comprises: a volume ofsurface runoff water, a volume of groundwater supplied and a volume ofsubsurface flow.

In one embodiment, the target time period has multiple ones;

before determining a water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volume of blue water tothe volume of retention water, the embodiment further comprises: takingan average of the volume of blue water corresponding to the multipletarget time periods respectively, to obtain an average volume of bluewater; taking an average of the volume of retention water correspondingto the multiple target time periods respectively, to obtain an averagevolume of retention water; and determining a water shortage riskindicator of the to-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volumeof blue water to the volume of retention water comprises: determiningthe water shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area accordingto a ratio of the average volume of blue water to the average volume ofretention water.

In one embodiment, a computer readable storage medium is provided,storing computer program thereon, and the computer program, whenexecuted by the processor, realizes the following steps:

acquiring a volume of blue water flowing into soil of ato-be-assessed-area within a target time period, and a volume ofretention water flowing into and retained in the soil of theto-be-assessed-area within the target time period; and determining awater shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area indicating adegree of water shortage risk of the to-be-assessed-area, according to aratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention water.

In one embodiment, determining a water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volume of blue water tothe volume of retention water comprises matching the ratio of the volumeof blue water to the volume of retention water with a first mappingrelation, which comprises corresponding relation of different ratioranges with the water shortage risk indicator, to determine the watershortage risk indicator in the to-be-assessed-area.

In one embodiment, determining a water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volume of blue water tothe volume of retention water comprises: matching an average per capitawater resource in the to-be-assessed-area within the target time periodwith a second mapping relation, which comprises corresponding relationof different ranges of the average per capita water resource with eachrisk level value, to determine a first risk level value of theto-be-assessed-area; matching the ratio of the volume of blue water tothe volume of retention water with a third mapping relation, whichcomprises corresponding relation of different ratio ranges with eachrisk level value, to determine a second risk level value of theto-be-assessed-area; calculating a weighted sum of the first risk levelvalue and the second risk level value, to obtain a third risk levelvalue; and matching the third risk level value with a fourth mappingrelation, which comprises corresponding relation of different ranges ofthe risk level value with each water shortage risk indicator, todetermine the water shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area.

In one embodiment, before calculating a weighted sum of the first risklevel value and the second risk level value to obtain a third risk levelvalue, the embodiment further comprises: determining a weight Y of thefirst risk level value using a weight formula Y=aX+b, wherein Xrepresents a total volume of blue water resource in theto-be-assessed-area, a represents slope, b represents intercept; andtaking an absolute value of a difference between a weight of the firstrisk level value and 1 as a weight of the second risk level value.

In one embodiment, determining a water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volume of blue water tothe volume of retention water comprises: taking the ratio of the volumeof blue water to the volume of retention water as the water shortagerisk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area.

In one embodiment, acquiring a volume of blue water flowing into soil ofa to-be-assessed-area within a target time period, and a volume ofretention water flowing into and retained in the soil of theto-be-assessed-area within the target time period comprises: performingecological hydrological simulation with an ecological hydrologicalmodel, to obtain a simulation result comprising the volume of bluewater, a volume of outflow water flowing out of soil in theto-be-assessed-area and a volume of vegetation retention water withinthe target time period; and obtaining the volume of retention wateraccording to precipitation, the volume of vegetation retention water,the volume of blue water and the volume of outflow water within thetarget time period.

In one embodiment, the volume of blue water comprises: a volume ofirrigation water, a volume of channel leakage and a volume of capillarywater.

In one embodiment, the volume of outflow water comprises: a volume ofsurface runoff water, a volume of groundwater supplied and a volume ofsubsurface flow.

In one embodiment, the target time period has multiple ones;

before determining a water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volume of blue water tothe volume of retention water, the method further comprises: taking anaverage of the volume of blue water corresponding to the multiple targettime periods respectively, to obtain an average volume of blue water;taking an average of the volume of retention water corresponding to themultiple target time periods respectively, to obtain an average volumeof retention water; and determining a water shortage risk indicator ofthe to-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volume of blue waterto the volume of retention water comprises: determining the watershortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area according to a ratioof the average volume of blue water to the average volume of retentionwater.

The implementation principle and technical effect of the computerreadable storage medium provided in the above embodiment are similar tothose of the above method embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

Those skilled in the art may understand that all or part of the processin the above method embodiment may be completed by related hardwareunder instructions from a computer program. The computer program can bestored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium. Whenexecuted, the computer program can comprise the process of theembodiment of the above methods. Any of the references to memory,storage, database or other media used in the embodiments provided by thepresent application can comprise non-volatile and/or volatile memory.Non-volatile memory can comprise read-only memory (ROM), programmableROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasableprogrammable ROM (EEPROM) or flash memory. Volatile memory can compriserandom access memory (RAM) or external cache memory. As an illustrationand not a limitation, RANI is available in many forms, such as staticRANI (SRAM), dynamic RANI (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double datarate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous link(Synchlink) DRAM (SLDRAM), memory bus (Rambus) direct RAM (RDRAM),direct memory bus dynamic RANI (DRDRAM), and memory bus dynamic RANI(RDRAM), etc.

The above technical features of the embodiments may be combinedarbitrarily. To simplify the description, not all possible combinationsof the technical features in the above embodiments are described.However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination ofthese technical features, they should be considered to fall into thescope of the application.

The above embodiments only describe several implementations of thepresent application, in a specific and detailed way, but it should notbe construed as a limitation of the patent scope of the presentapplication. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in theart, all modifications and improvements, which may also be made withoutdeparting from the idea of the present application, fall into theprotection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protectionscope of the present application patent shall be defined by the attachedclaims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for assessing water shortage risk,comprising: acquiring a volume of blue water flowing into soil of ato-be-assessed-area within a target time period, and a volume ofretention water flowing into and retained in the soil of theto-be-assessed-area within the target time period; and determining awater shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area indicating adegree of water shortage risk of the to-be-assessed-area, according to aratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention water. 2.The method of claim 1, wherein, determining a water shortage riskindicator of the to-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volumeof blue water to the volume of retention water comprises: matching theratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention water witha first mapping relation, which comprises corresponding relation ofdifferent ratio ranges with the water shortage risk indicator, todetermine the water shortage risk indicator in the to-be-assessed-area.3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a water shortage riskindicator of the to-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volumeof blue water to the volume of retention water comprises: matching anaverage per capita water resource in the to-be-assessed-area within thetarget time period with a second mapping relation, which comprisescorresponding relation of different ranges of the average per capitawater resource with each risk level value, to determine a first risklevel value of the to-be-assessed-area; matching the ratio of the volumeof blue water to the volume of retention water with a third mappingrelation, which comprises corresponding relation of different ratioranges with each risk level value, to determine a second risk levelvalue of the to-be-assessed-area; calculating a weighted sum of thefirst risk level value and the second risk level value, to obtain athird risk level value; and matching the third risk level value with afourth mapping relation, which comprises corresponding relation ofdifferent ranges of the risk level value with each water shortage riskindicator, to determine the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area.
 4. The method of claim 3, before calculating aweighted sum of the first risk level value and the second risk levelvalue to obtain a third risk level value, further comprising:determining a weight Y of the first risk level value using a weightformula Y=aX+b, wherein X represents a total volume of blue waterresource in the to-be-assessed-area, a represents slope, b representsintercept; and taking an absolute value of a difference between a weightof the first risk level value and 1 as a weight of the second risk levelvalue.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a water shortagerisk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of thevolume of blue water to the volume of retention water comprises: takingthe ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention wateras the water shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area.
 6. Themethod of claim 1, wherein acquiring a volume of blue water flowing intosoil of a to-be-assessed-area within a target time period, and a volumeof retention water flowing into and retained in the soil of theto-be-assessed-area within the target time period comprises: performingecological hydrological simulation with an ecological hydrologicalmodel, to obtain a simulation result comprising the volume of bluewater, a volume of outflow water flowing out of soil in theto-be-assessed-area and a volume of vegetation retention water withinthe target time period; and obtaining the volume of retention wateraccording to precipitation, the volume of vegetation retention water,the volume of blue water and the volume of outflow water within thetarget time period.
 7. The method of claim 2, wherein acquiring a volumeof blue water flowing into soil of a to-be-assessed-area within a targettime period, and a volume of retention water flowing into and retainedin the soil of the to-be-assessed-area within the target time periodcomprises: performing ecological hydrological simulation with anecological hydrological model, to obtain a simulation result comprisingthe volume of blue water, a volume of outflow water flowing out of soilin the to-be-assessed-area and a volume of vegetation retention waterwithin the target time period; and obtaining the volume of retentionwater according to precipitation, the volume of vegetation retentionwater, the volume of blue water and the volume of outflow water withinthe target time period.
 8. The method of claim 3, wherein acquiring avolume of blue water flowing into soil of a to-be-assessed-area within atarget time period, and a volume of retention water flowing into andretained in the soil of the to-be-assessed-area within the target timeperiod comprises: performing ecological hydrological simulation with anecological hydrological model, to obtain a simulation result comprisingthe volume of blue water, a volume of outflow water flowing out of soilin the to-be-assessed-area and a volume of vegetation retention waterwithin the target time period; and obtaining the volume of retentionwater according to precipitation, the volume of vegetation retentionwater, the volume of blue water and the volume of outflow water withinthe target time period.
 9. The method of claim 4, wherein acquiring avolume of blue water flowing into soil of a to-be-assessed-area within atarget time period, and a volume of retention water flowing into andretained in the soil of the to-be-assessed-area within the target timeperiod comprises: performing ecological hydrological simulation with anecological hydrological model, to obtain a simulation result comprisingthe volume of blue water, a volume of outflow water flowing out of soilin the to-be-assessed-area and a volume of vegetation retention waterwithin the target time period; and obtaining the volume of retentionwater according to precipitation, the volume of vegetation retentionwater, the volume of blue water and the volume of outflow water withinthe target time period.
 10. The method of claim 6, wherein, the volumeof blue water comprises: a volume of irrigation water, a volume ofchannel leakage and a volume of capillary water.
 11. The method of claim6, wherein, the volume of outflow water comprises: a volume of surfacerunoff water, a volume of groundwater supplied and a volume ofsubsurface flow.
 12. The method of claim 6, wherein the target timeperiod has multiple ones; before determining a water shortage riskindicator of the to-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the volumeof blue water to the volume of retention water, the method furthercomprises: taking an average of the volume of blue water correspondingto the multiple target time periods respectively, to obtain an averagevolume of blue water; taking an average of the volume of retention watercorresponding to the multiple target time periods respectively, toobtain an average volume of retention water; and determining a watershortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area according to a ratioof the volume of blue water to the volume of retention water comprises:determining the water shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-areaaccording to a ratio of the average volume of blue water to the averagevolume of retention water.
 13. A water shortage risk assessment device,comprising: an acquisition module, for acquiring a volume of blue waterflowing into soil of a to-be-assessed-area within a target time period,and a volume of retention water flowing into and retained in the soil ofthe to-be-assessed-area within the target time period; and an indicatordetermination module, for determining a water shortage risk indicator ofthe to-be-assessed-area indicating a degree of water shortage risk ofthe to-be-assessed-area, according to a ratio of the volume of bluewater to the volume of retention water.
 14. The device of claim 13,wherein, the indicator determination module is specifically used formatching the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume ofretention water with a first mapping relation, and determining the watershortage risk indicator in the to-be-assessed-area, the first mappingrelation comprises corresponding relation of different ratio ranges withthe water shortage risk indicator.
 15. The device of claim 13, whereinthe indicator determination module comprises: a first risk level valueunit, for matching an average per capita water resource in theto-be-assessed-area within the target time period with a second mappingrelation, and determining a first risk level value of theto-be-assessed-area, the second mapping relation comprises correspondingrelation of different ranges of the average per capita water resourcewith each risk level value; a second risk level value unit, for matchingthe ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retention waterwith a third mapping relation, and determining a second risk level valueof the to-be-assessed-area, the third mapping relation comprisescorresponding relation of different ratio ranges with each risk levelvalue; a third risk level value unit, for calculating a weighted sum ofthe first risk level value and the second risk level value, to obtain athird risk level value; and an indicator determination unit, formatching the third risk level value with a fourth mapping relation, anddetermining the water shortage risk indicator of theto-be-assessed-area, the fourth mapping relation comprises correspondingrelation of different ranges of the risk level value with each watershortage risk indicator.
 16. The device of claim 15, wherein the devicefurther comprises: a first weight determination module, for determininga weight Y of the first risk level value using a weight formula Y=aX+b,wherein X represents a total volume of blue water resource in theto-be-assessed-area, a represents slope, b represents intercept; and asecond weight determination module, for taking an absolute value of adifference between the weight of the first risk level value and 1 as aweight of the second risk level value.
 17. The device of claim 13,wherein, the indicator determination module is specifically used fortaking the ratio of the volume of blue water to the volume of retentionwater as the water shortage risk indicator of the to-be-assessed-area.18. The device of claim 13, wherein the acquisition module comprises: ablue water volume determination unit, for performing ecologicalhydrological simulation with an ecological hydrological model, to obtaina simulation result comprising the volume of blue water, the volume ofoutflow water flowing out of soil in the to-be-assessed-area and volumeof vegetation retention water within the target time period; and aretention water volume determination unit, for obtaining the volume ofretention water according to precipitation, the volume of vegetationretention water, the volume of blue water and the volume of outflowwater within the target time period.
 19. The device of claim 13,wherein, the acquisition module, is further used for taking an averageof the volume of blue water corresponding to the multiple target timeperiods respectively, to obtain an average volume of blue water; and fortaking an average volume of retention water corresponding to themultiple target time periods respectively, to obtain an average volumeof retention water; and the indicator determination module isspecifically used for determining the water shortage risk indicator ofthe to-be-assessed-area according to a ratio of the average volume ofblue water to the average volume of retention water.
 20. A computerdevice, comprising memory storing computer programs and a processor,wherein, the processor, when executing the computer program, realizesthe method for assessing water shortage risk in claim 1.